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authorIan Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>2007-05-23 15:55:34 +0000
committerIan Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>2007-05-23 15:55:34 +0000
commite685e7be8cfde61cb8c374674b0835580a671d76 (patch)
tree92eb46b7874a9d3084635316f3d605462f45b3dd /gcc/doc
parent4e5054cc70a7f7ff61cbbe975016268ff69a76fe (diff)
* doc/invoke.texi (Invoking GCC): Document that the order of the
-l option matters. git-svn-id: https://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@124995 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ may @emph{not} be grouped: @option{-dr} is very different from @w{@samp{-d
@cindex order of options
@cindex options, order
You can mix options and other arguments. For the most part, the order
-you use doesn't matter. Order does matter when you use several options
-of the same kind; for example, if you specify @option{-L} more than once,
-the directories are searched in the order specified.
+you use doesn't matter. Order does matter when you use several
+options of the same kind; for example, if you specify @option{-L} more
+than once, the directories are searched in the order specified. Also,
+the placement of the @option{-l} option is significant.
Many options have long names starting with @samp{-f} or with
@samp{-W}---for example,